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Big cast fills big ‘Music Man’ set

Professor Harold Hill has been wooing Marian Paroo on “The Music Man” stages since 1957, but it’s a new challenge to two Homestead High School actors.

Senior Sean Low portrays the traveling salesman and junior Dana Bixler portrays the River City librarian in the school’s spring musical, to be presented Friday through Sunday in the school auditorium.

Both actors are at home on the Homestead stage, just not in leading roles.

“Usually I have the secondary lead or just kind of the comic relief of the show,” Low said. “So it’s kind of hard, honestly, to be bigger than life and to keep the audience enter-tained and interested in what I’m doing with the town. And my previous acting experience hasn’t really had a love scene before, so this is also new for me.”

“It’s definitely a different role than I’ve ever ever played,” Bixler said. “I’m usually in the character roles, but now I’m an ingenue and I’m the lead. I get to fall in love with someone. It’s

Ella Mckane-Wright, as Ethel Toffelmier, and Kolin Davis, as Marcellus, rehearse for “The Music Man” at Homestead High School.

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

The Music Man’When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, and 4 p.m. Sunday, May 4Where: Homestead High School Auditorium, 4310 Homestead RoadAdmission: $5 for students and children 12 and under, and $8 for adults. Tickets available at the door at each performance.

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‘Step of faith’ may revealchurch obscured by trees

Woodview Church of God plans to explore its future on Stand Up Sunday on June 1.

“I don’t think people realize we’re back there,” said Cathy Burris, the church treasurer. Indeed, drivers would need to take their eyes off Getz Road to stare east through the wooded, 5-acre property to see the congregation’s home on the former sheep farm.

The church has served from 1825 Getz Road since 1973. The building’s odd shape reflects the multiple remodeling projects. The building is in poor condi-tion and another fix-up is not an option, said the Rev. Joe Shouse, who came to Woodview as pastor in 2012.

“Our theme song for our building fund is ‘Step Into the Water,’” Shouse

said. “There is a line in that song that says ‘Step into the water, wade out a little bit deeper, it’s time we the people stand up for what is

right.”“With that in mind, we

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A stand of timber separates Getz Road from Woodview Church of God.

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Aboite couple running 5k,tuning up for 55-mile run

If a 26.2-mile race just isn’t enough exercise, you might want to tag along with Cari and David Mansfield.

The Aboite Township runners will share in a local 5k on May 10, to train for an ultra-marathon June 1 in South Africa.

“We will be running an 89km [55-mile] one-day race called The Comrades in South Africa,” Cari Mansfield said in an email. The run ends in the coastal city of Durban. According to the website comrades.com, the race has reached its cap of 18,000 entries. “Not only are we running an insane distance, but we are running for a cause.”

Money will support clean-water installations in Africa.

“Each day 4,000 kids die from dirty water. Having two boys of our own, this statistic is not OK with us,” she wrote. “We wanted to do some-

thing and to do something big.”

“We have a goal to raise $100,000 by running our race and hosting other fundraisers for wells in Sierra Leone,” she wrote.

The ItIsWell 5K is one of those fundraisers. Runners will step off from Sonrise United Methodist Church, 10125 Illinois Road, at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 10. The route will loop through the neighborhood around Scott Road and Indiana 14. For details, to join, or to support the run, visit itiswell5k.org. The cost to participate is $40.

“The organization we are working with is a not-for-profit called Let Them LOL,” Cari Mansfield wrote. “So far, we have raised close to $18,000.”

Running runs in the family for the Mansfields. Sons Dawson, 9, and Luke, 7, ran in the kids’ marathon at the 2014 Fort4Fitness. “It was our first race together as a


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just a brand new role for me.”

Victoria Malooley, who directs the musical, said the production “has been such a huge process.”

“This has been a really important show for me,” she said. “We’ve wanted to do ‘Music Man’ for several years and this year we really felt like we just had the right kids

to do it. It’s such a big undertaking. It’s a big set, it’s a lot of music, it’s a big cast, there are a lot of demands on the cast, and I’ve been really proud of the kids.”

“I know a lot of other schools and programs do ‘Music Man’ and a lot of times they’ll bring outside people to be the quartet or some of the other parts,” she said, “whereas ours is completely the kids. It’s all high school kids and

even some elementary and middle school kids this year. It’s been such a great, unifying expe-rience not just with the high school but with the area middle schools and elementary schools. I think that’s something that’s really made it stand out and be unique is that it’s all come from the students of southwest Allen County.”

In addition to 42 cast members, the production

requires about 12 stage crew and about 15 in the orchestra pit. “So it’s a big group, and it takes every single one of them to put it together,” Malooley said.

For stage manager Drake White, the produc-tion is his fourth time behind the scenes.

It’s a big set for a big cast, he said just a week before the show. “It’s kind of running down the clock but I think we can get it done, because we’ve dealt with a lot worse before,” he said.

White has not appeared in an acting role. “I’m debating it,” he said.

Malooley said Meredith Willson’s musical, set in 1912, tells a story of changing times. The boys band that Hill organizes was a new concept, she said. The librarian dealt with societal restraints as the women’s suffrage movement gained momentum. “Her situation is completely unique,” Malooley said of the librarian role.

“Willson knew that this entire world was going to be obsolete 10 years from now, where you have the advent of cars and other forms of transportation that eliminate the need for a salesman,” she said.

“It’s such a cool story,” the director said.

For seniors, “The Music Man” marks their fi nal Homestead performance.

“That’s always the hardest things, is saying goodbye to a lot of our

cast members,” Malooley said. “Our Harold Hill is a senior so we’ll be saying goodbye to him, and hoping he continues on in music and theater in college. Some of the

‘Pick-A-Little’ members are seniors. And that’s why every year the musical is so special because it’s kind of like their last hurrah before graduating.”

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Marcus Farr directs a rehearsal of “Till There Was You” at Homestead High School, where junior Dana Bixler portrays Marian Paroo and senior Sean Low portrays Professor Harold Hill in “The Music Man.”

PHOTO BY GARTH SNOW

‘The Music Man’ cast listHarold Hill, Sean Low; Marian Paroo, Dana Bixler; Mrs. Paroo, Emma Zolman; Winthrop, Chandler Lutz; Amaryl-lis, Kristen Butler; Marcellus, Kolin Davis; Mayor Shinn, Duncan Smith; Eulalie Shinn, Erin Hall; Zaneeta Shinn, Payton Scott; Gracie Shinn, Katie Nussear; Tommy Djilas, Daniel Meredith; Olin Britt, Duncan Seibert; Oli-ver Hix, Holden Davenport; Ewart Dunlop, Gavin Rhine-hart; Jacey Squires, Mark Weaver; Ethel Toffelmier, Ella Mckane-Wright; Alma Hix, Laura Laudeman; Maud Dunlop, Valeria Harants; Mrs. Squires, Jenna Houchin; Pick-A-Little Ladies, Taylor Moriarty and Mary Wilson; Charlie Cowell, Mohamad Abbasi; Constable Locke, Colby Shoup; Conductor, Colin Beard; Salesmen, Sam Barron, Holden Davenport, Mark Weaver, Gavin Rhine-hart, Duncan Seibert; also including Avery Heatwold, Heather Ribolla, Kristen Kotesky, Krista Farrell, Aman-da Fehlhaber, Jordan Scott, Genevieve Shine, Karlie Flanagan, Jenna Schultz, Dominic Gery, Colin Beard, Gregory Ali, Michael Shinkus, Krissie Merriam, Sarah Clond, Emily Martinez, Alexandria Duran, Gwenyth Baer and Natalie Bojrab.

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Up Sunday and we are encouraging the congre-gation to do what is right by standing up together and take a step of faith and wade out a little bit deeper and give to the building fund on this very special day.”

The blacktop drive winds through oak and hickory trees that fi t well with the church’s name. The trees outnumber the 22 parking spaces almost 3-to-1. “We are a church of about 30 — very small — but we are committed to moving forward and serving our community,” the pastor said in an email.

The church will kick off its building fund with a worship celebration at 10:30 a.m. June 1, followed by a banquet at the Best Western Luxbury Inn, on Coventry Lane. “The goal is to begin raising the needed funds from the current congregation and from family, friends and former members, in order to meet the church’s needs,” Shouse said in a news release.

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“It’s deteriorated to the point where it becomes more and more over-whelming, where we’re saying it’s not going to be viable much longer,” said Burris, who came to Woodview about six years ago. “What I experienced when I came there was the loving congregation, the closeness, and their will-ingness to reach out and accept my grandson and me into the congregation.”

“We were looking for a small church. That was the fi rst one that I tried and that’s where we stayed,” she said.

“We realize our facility is not adequate or family friendly and therefore we are taking a step of faith,” Shouse said in a news release. “We want to make a difference in the lives of people and we need the kind of building that will allow us to reach out and make that difference.

“Recently we had a block party and invited the residents of an entire apart-ment complex. We realized at that time we were not equipped to do the ministry we desire to do.”

“We really are at a preliminary point in this endeavor,” he said in an email. “Excited about their new vision, the congre-gation will continue to worship, pray and work together to reach their goal.”

For the moment, the church has only the resolve to move forward, and the confi dence that the details will fall into place after June 1.

“We have talked about moving the new building up close to the street, thinking that might be a better presence in the community,” Burris said. “We’re all very excited. It’s a big project. We’ve got a long way to go, but we’re excited.

“We are just stepping out in faith to see where the Lord leads us.”

Pastor Alvin Beggs served as the church’s fi rst pastor, followed by his son Dwayne. Others served short-term pastorates. Steve Hildebrand, who retired in 2012, served as pastor for 14 years.

Shouse and his wife, Denise, live in Haviland, Ohio. “Denise and I have been in ministry for 35 years and have pastored Church of God congrega-tions in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan,” Shouse said.

He is a graduate of Anderson University.

The Church of God has 2,700 congregations in the United States, with a missionary effort in more than 90 countries. Its general headquarters is in Anderson, Ind.

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Woodview Church of God will launch a building fund at Stand Up Sunday on June 1.

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Cari and David Mansfield and sons Luke, 7, and Dawson, 9, celebrate their first race event as a family, after the kids’ marathon run of the 2014 Fort4Fitness. The Aboite Township couple are training for an ultra-marathon in South Africa.

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family,” David Mansfield said in an email. “Our boys had a great time. They are active and love to be outside.” Luke recently ran the Color Vibe 5K with Cari, and sometimes joins in the shorter training runs, David said.

“We have been running quite a while,” David said. “We started out with 5ks and then up to 10ks and then half-marathon and marathon. Boy, we’ve run all over the place from Elkhart to South Bend to Florida. I’ve run a marathon in Minneap-olis, Indy, Chicago. And then of course the Fort-4Fitness, every year since it started.”

The couple ran in the

2013 KPC Newspaper in Education Sprint Distance Triathlon. This year’s race will be run Saturday, July 19, at Bixler Lake Park in Kendallville. For details, visit kpctriathlon.com.

“Actually, my wife and I have run a number of marathons, and we’re looking to run an an ultra-marathon, which is by definition anything over 26.2 miles,” David said. Cari read about a Chicago woman who ran to support wells in Sierra Leone, in west Africa. “What a great cause,” David said. The Mans-fields then directed their efforts toward that same mission.

Though they have not been to Sierra Leone, they

are familiar with mission work. “We’ve actually been to Kenya to help out with a pool,” he said. “We’ve been to Haiti to help out, and that’s where we met.”

Cari was working with vacation Bible school. “I helped out with the medical side,” said David, who is a nurse by profes-sion.

David said Sonrise Church is planning a trip to Sierra Leone to visit the sites where the wells are being installed. That trip might happen this year, he said.

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Lutheran Life boxing program fi ghts Parkinson’s

The gym, in its drab appearance, resembles those from the best boxing movies. Gritty. Simple. Utilitarian. Nothing too fancy.

The kind of place that forges underdogs into champions.

Lutheran Life Villages’ retirement community on South Anthony Boule-vard in Fort Wayne held a ribbon-cutting cere-mony April 9 as part of Parkinson’s Aware-ness Month to mark a new partnership with

Rock Steady Boxing, a nonprofi t center in Indianapolis dedicated to helping people with Parkinson’s overcome their symptoms by applying old-school boxing training methods.

The disease pulls no punches, so in equal response, Rock Steady Boxing gives the affl icted a chance to strike back, to fi nd a measure of peace and prolong their normalcy.

The local program looks old school, with a gym set up in a converted storage room in Lutheran Life’s basement. Fluo-

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Motivational phrases and the blue-and-gold Rock Steady Boxing logo adorn the walls.

During one recent evening session, four participants trained with Lutheran Life wellness coordinator and honorary head coach Rachael Dettling. A framed

picture of Muhammad Ali, looking exhausted after a 1965 bout with Sonny Liston, stared down at them. Ali, who has suffered from Parkin-son’s for years, and posters of boxing movies past are invoked to provide encouragement.

Dettling barked instruc-tions during the routines, and the class roared in response.

The group that night included Cathy Fisher, who’s had Parkinson’s for three years. She was checking the program out for the fi rst time. Dan Spangler, who has had Parkinson’s for about 10 years, had attended about half a dozen classes in addition to doing therapy at Turnstone.

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Allen County Elemen-tary Schools are busy training for the Elemen-tary Mile Cross Country race, Monday, May 12, at Summit Middle School.

More than 170 third- through fifth-grade students have been running twice a week with training groups from their schools.

These students will join with other students who have chosen to compete after training on their own.

Awards will be given for the five fastest runners in each grade, girls and boys, and for the fastest team.

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FWMoA celebrates 30 years

On April 15, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art (FWMoA) celebrated 30 years in its current location.

Before coming to its current location in 1984, the museum had previously existed with classes and exhibitions, but primarily in residential homes. Executive Director Charles Shepard said that this was a key turning point for the museum.

“The museum has been around for 80, almost 90 years …b ut it’s only been 30 years that the museum has been coordi-nated and consolidated in a professional museum environment,” he said. This “ushered in the opportunity for us to become a professional museum.”

In the 1950s the Fine Arts Foundation (now Arts United) started formulating plans for a museum. The land was purchased in 1966, and in 1979, after a number of feasi-bility studies, the board of trustees passed a resolution to build a new facility.

The building was designed by Walter A. Netsch and the architectural fi rm was MSKTD. The program from its dedication day described it like this: “The bricks and mortar, the works of art, the programs and festivities are the visible signs of a commit-ment to a philosophy which focuses on art

as an essential element in the lives of all people. The dream ‘… to dedicate a place for art … where the spirit can be enlarged as well as sustained’ for our community is a persistent one.”

Shepard said that while the museum has changed through the years, it’s never stopped maturing. While the early years were focused on learning how to exist in a professional space and the second phase of the museum was reaching out and bringing in high-profi le shows, he said that it’s come to a point at which the museum is capable of much more.

“I’ve had the luxury to say let’s renovate and make the building bigger … and let’s start authoring our own shows and origi-nate things,” he said. “In this case we bring a quality of museum … that is comparable to much bigger cities. And frankly, I think we’re more relevant to our community than many of these.”

Since its doors opened in 1984, the museum has seen roughly three million people and 500 exhibits. Shepard said that the people who visit are key to the way the museum does things. He sees himself, he said, as a public servant.

“This is the community’s museum,” he continued. “Whatever we do, we want to involve those people.”

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The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 311 E. Main St. in downtown Fort Wayne, celebrated 30 years in its current location April 15.

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Health center offers care to underserved

On a patch of soil in the southeast area of Fort Wayne rises a plain, unassuming structure that may just represent the future of health care in northeast Indiana. And like a delicate spring bud, this building will receive careful nurturing because of what it means to the well-being of the surrounding community.

It’s the new Parkview Neighborhood Health Center, which will bring direct medical services to an area of the city experts have diagnosed as long deserving such attention.

The facility offi -cially opened March 4, following the culmination of years of planning, a partnership forged by Parkview Health and Neighborhood Health Clinics and a breathtaking construction adventure.

“It is so much more than just a primary care offi ce, so much more than just a clinic,” said Ben Miles, chief oper-ating offi cer of Parkview Hospital and Affi liates. “For this portion of our

community, it is going to be outreach and education. It’s going to be health. It’s going to be dental. There’s so much one-stop-shop-type philosophy.”

Under their collabora-tion, Parkview owns the center on East Paulding Road near Hessen Cassel Road, and leases about two-thirds of the 7,500 square feet of space to Neighborhood Health Clinics. The nonprofi t organization provides the primary care.

NHC President and CEO Mary Haupert said resi-dents who for years have sorely lacked adequate and convenient access to medical care on the south side of Fort Wayne can now take advantage of the fami-ly-practice, OBGYN and pediatric services as well as immunizations the clinic offers.

She believes the number of patients the clinic helps will rise gradually and eventually reach into the thousands.

“We’re hoping within fi ve years to be serving about 5,000,” she said.

Most forms of insur-ance are accepted. And since NHC specializes in treating low-income patients, the group helps the uninsured by applying a sliding fee based on income and household size.

The center, as a branch of NHC’s headquarters on South Calhoun Street, is only open three days a week for right now, staffed by a nurse practi-tioner, two nurses and a front-desk attendant. But that’s about to change with services expanding over the next year.

Haupert said the clinic is expected to operate full time, fi ve days a week, starting in July when a physician from North Dakota, Dr. George Stenger, moves to Fort Wayne and opens a family practice at the center under a contract with NHC. A new nurse and another front-desk atten-dant would be hired to help out.

Plans then call for adding Women, Infants and Children nutritional services in October, meaning the addition of more staff. And by early 2015, general dental services are set to become available with a dentist

and a dental hygienist on site.

There still will be room to grow after that. Haupert said the facility was built with nine medical exam rooms, leaving plenty of space to add more medical providers if need be.

The clinical services fulfi ll one of the two key components of what the center offers. The other comes from Parkview Health itself, as its Center for Healthy Living is set to open this month in the building in an effort to extend the health network’s mission to promote a better quality of life among residents.

Led by manager Connie Kerrigan, Healthy Living staff will focus on education, wellness initiatives, preventative care and support tailored to the area’s most pressing needs. Programs in the works include smoking cessation, an asthma camp, safe sleep — infor-mation on creating safer sleeping environments for infants — and cooking classes to encourage more nutritious diets.

Basically, Parkview aims to open some eyes and give people who

visit the center tools they can use to improve their health, thus cutting their risk of needing treatment later for costly diseases or conditions.

“This is about quality of life, too,” Miles said. “It’s not just doing for someone, it’s helping to train me so I can do it for myself.”

Assisting people in taking greater control over their own well-being describes Sue Ehinger’s mission as Parkview’s newly minted chief expe-rience offi cer. She was a driving force behind the strategy that led to the health center’s develop-ment. For her, the fi nished product marks a signifi -cant change.

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As the center combines treatment of ailments and illnesses with outreach for encouraging healthier living, Ehinger can envi-sion Parkview possibly adding similar operations in the region as needed.

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McMillen Center announces Vitality Awards nominees

The McMillen Center for Health Education announced the 2014 Vitality Awards candidates. Winners will be announced at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 15, at Landmark Center, 6222 Ellison Road.

Get tickets online at mcmillencenter.org, or call the McMillen Center at 456-4511. Tickets are $50 a person or $450 for a table of 10.

Individuals were nominated by commu-nity members in three categories.

Health Education Award nominees: Suzy Beard, Matthew 25; Jamie Berndt, Parkview Physicians Group-Cardi-ology; Dave Johnson, University of Saint Francis; Kristy Scott, Parkview Physicians Group-Cardiology; Carly Thompson, IPFW Peer Educators.

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Wellness Award nominees: Josh and Kristin Creager, Jumping Jax; Sue Ehinger, Parkview Health; Dr. Sheryl N. Fergusson, Family Practice; Nancy Louraine, Turnstone

This year’s student ambassador award winner is Ashley Anglin, who is enrolled in the IPFW Dental Hygiene Program. The award is given to an individual who attended a McMillen Center education session as a student and who has made the decision to pursue a career in health care, health education, wellness or prevention. The winner receives $500 to assist in his or her education efforts.

Breast Diagnostic Center adds SW locationBreast Diagnostic

Center has opened a new location to serve patients in the southwest part of Fort Wayne.

The new facility is at 8028 Carnegie Blvd., Suite 300, in the Inverness Medical Offi ce Building off Illinois Road between I-69 and Scott Road. It will offer the same high-quality mammography and imaging services available at BDC locations on Carew Street, North-PRMC and Francine’s Friends mobile mammog-raphy.

“We are excited about expanding our reach into the southwest part of Fort

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Breast Diagnostic Center Director Marita Dwight-Smith said, “The opening of this new location continues our ongoing efforts to provide the best patient care of any imaging center in the region. We strive to make all our patients feel welcome and well cared for in a pleasant and comfortable environ-ment.”

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765 to have homecoming of sorts at Three Rivers Festival

On July 12 and 13, steam locomotive No. 765 will come rolling into downtown Fort Wayne on the elevated railroad over-pass next to Headwaters Park — just like it did for the fi rst time almost 60 years before.

Fort Wayne’s historic steam locomotive will run passengers on round trips from Detroit to Fort Wayne for the Three Rivers Festival this year,

following the route of a train that was known as the Detroit Arrow.

“In the past, we’ve operated trips out of Fort Wayne during the festival, but we really wanted to return to the Detroit line and bring folks to Fort Wayne,” said Kelly Lynch, communications director for the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. “This is the fi rst in-bound steam excursion to Fort Wayne since the 1990s and Detroit’s fi rst steam excursion trip since

1994,” he added. “It’s 20 years to the weekend.”

The train will depart Detroit’s Allen Park each morning at 8 a.m. and arrive in Fort Wayne at noon. After a four-hour layover, during which passengers can experi-ence Fort Wayne’s Three Rivers Festival and spend time downtown, the train will head back north.

Tickets start at $119, with discounts for children and railroad historical society members.

The arrival on the overpass on the north end of downtown will be a homecoming of sorts for “the 765,” as it’s affec-tionately called. Built in 1944, it was the fi rst engine to cross that very elevated rail line when it was completed in 1955.

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Fort Wayne gets ready to partyFort Wayne plans to

pull out all the stops when the Indiana Republican Party state convention comes to town in a couple months.

Organizers hope to make this convention one to remember, not only by showcasing the Grand Wayne Convention Center as a prime venue for major events, but also by putting the spotlight on the city’s other attractions. This will be the fi rst year the Indiana GOP holds its state convention in a city other than Indianapolis.

“This is a real coup for our city,” said Dan O’Connell, president and CEO of Visit Fort Wayne during a news conference at the Allen County GOP headquarters.

The organization antici-pates the event will attract a few thousand conven-

tion-goers to Fort Wayne June 6-7. Attendees are expected to include most of the 1,775 offi cial Republican Party delegates from across the state, their families and other GOP offi cers and members.

O’Connell estimated Fort Wayne could see a more than $350,000 economic benefi t from the convention. Its magnitude and the signifi cance to the area has Visit Fort Wayne

in preparation overdrive. O’Connell said he and staffers have been working with downtown businesses and restaurants to get ready for the convention.

The plan is not to confi ne delegates and others visitors to the Grand Wayne Convention Center, but to help them experience the city and the various attractions it has to offer.

The convention will

feature, as such conven-tions do, speeches, a vote by delegates on the party’s platform and nominations of statewide candidates in this year’s elections.

The big draw will be the appearances of Mike Huckabee and Reince Priebus, two stars from the Republican Party’s national stage. The two will headline the event as keynote speakers.

Priebus serves as the Republican National Committee chair. Huck-abee is a former Arkansas governor and was a Republican candidate for president in 2008. He now hosts his own show on Fox News Channel.

According to Allen County Republican Party Chairman Steve Shine, local party offi cials worked for about two months to book the two men for the convention.

Shine believes the unique aspect of the

convention leaving Indi-anapolis for the fi rst time could draw additional attention.

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May 10 show choir clinic at Homestead High School. The deadline was extended two days as a courtesy to readers of Aboite & About. Registrants must mention that they read the notice in this newspaper.

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Air National Guard baseis host to preschool tour

St. Joseph-St. Eliza-beth School 4-year-old preschoolers visited the National Guard 122nd Fighter Wing Air Base near the Fort Wayne Inter-national Airport.

The preschoolers started their tour in the main hangar that houses the A-10 fighter jets. The preschoolers got an up-close view of the A-10 fighter jets. Fighter jet pilot Major Brad Reynolds spoke to the preschoolers

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Miami Indian Heritage Days season begins May 3

Miami Indian Heritage Days kicks off on Saturday, May 3, at the Chief Richard-ville House, 5705 Bluffton Road.

The Chief Richardville House is recog-nized as the oldest Native American structure in the Midwest, the fi rst Greek Revival style house in Indiana, and the only extant Treaty House in the nation. The Chief Richardville House, Akima Pinsiwa Awiiki, was named a National Historic Landmark in 2012.

Sponsored by the History Center, Miami Indian Heritage Days programs are held from 1-4 p.m. the fi rst Saturday of the month, May through November, and feature local artists, performers, and representatives from the Miami Indians and other Native American groups demonstrating aspects of their lasting heritage for the public to enjoy.

Admission for each Saturday event is $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. History Center members and chil-dren age 5 and under are admitted free. Admission also includes the opportunity to visit the Chief Richardville House.

Medicine Woman Drum will be featured May 3, beginning at 1 p.m. The group’s performances demonstrate the importance of drumming, singing and dancing in Miami society.

The remaining schedule includes:June 7 — Miami clothing, with Sue

Lester.July 5 — Miami dance, with Gloria

Tippmann.Aug. 2 — Miami beadwork, with

Katrina Mitten.Sept. 6 — Miami harvest: edible and

usable plants and materials, with Dani Tippmann.

Oct. 4 — Wikiami cattail matting.Nov. 1-2 — Traders Days, traditional

Miami and regional tribes’ crafts, goods, and wares for sale, and hands-on demon-strations and interactive educational programs, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, free to public.

Miami Chief Jean Baptiste de Richard-ville built a trading empire in this area that made him the richest man in Indiana by the time of his death in 1841. His home, built in 1827, is one of the premier attractions in the Historical Society’s collection since the restoration of the building’s exterior.

Photos of previous year’s programs can be found on the History Center’s Face-book page.

For more information, contact the History Center at 426-2882 or visit fwhis-torycenter.com.

Roanoke plans townwide salesHuntington County Habitat for

Humanity is joining forces with the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce for a townwide garage sale and hog roast on Saturday, May 17.

Residents of Roanoke are encour-aged to register their garage sales on the Springtime in the Village sales map. Sale hours are 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sign-up is at the library, 314 N. Main St. The fee is $5. Sign-ups are due by Wednesday, May 7, to be on the offi cial map. Those who sign up receive a $5 coupon for Huntington County’s Habitat for Humanity ReSale Shop. Sale maps will be available at various shops and at the library.

The old Town Hall at 124 N. Main

St. (next to the new Forget Me Not consignment shop) will be host to vendors offering handcrafted goods for sale.

The celebration culminates at the Roanoke Fire Station on High Street with a hog roast and silent auction, from 4-7 p.m. The dinners are available for donations to help the fi re department raise money for equipment.

For more information, call the Roanoke Library, 672-2989.

Springtime in the Village will raise money for the Roanoke library and the fi re department, and will serve as a donation site for Huntington County’s Habitat for Humanity ReSale Shop.

‘Cool Art’ is fi rst street fairRoanoke offers Friday

Night Street Fairs once a month this summer, beginning June 6. Merchants said the cele-bration is back by popular demand.

The town will close off Main Street from 6-9 p.m. for a block party with fun for all ages. Moose & Mollie’s Gelato and Ice Cream Shop sponsors the fairs. Merchants will

join in with old-fashioned carnival style games such as hula hoop contests, duck races, cake walks and more. All games are described as free or easily affordable.

Dinner is available for purchase on the street. Roanoke Village Inn, Joseph Decuis, and Moose & Mollies set up grills outside their shops and offer barbecue dinners and

desserts.Each month will feature

a different theme and feature live music, all of which will be fami-ly-friendly. The theme for June 6 will be “Cool Art on a Summer Night” and will include art activities, chalk walk painting on the street, and more.

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Stars still come out at nighttimeJohn and Nellie Detzler

of Huntington want to retire. They’ve been ready to retire for at least a year. The problem, however, is they are unable so far to unhitch themselves from the small business they own, the Huntington Twin Drive-In movie theaters.

It’s one of three drive-ins in northeast Indiana, including the Auburn-Garrett in Garrett and the 13-24 in Wabash, that hosts thousands of moviegoers from across the region every year. The theaters still conjure romantic memories of enjoying movies outdoors on warm summer nights while parked in a vehicle with friends or loved ones and snacking on whatever well into early morning hours.

But for the Detzlers, the thrill of going to the drive-in has yet to translate into someone else commit-ting to the challenge of

running a drive-in.“It needs younger

owners. Plain and simple,” Detzler said.

The couple, who are in their 60s, put the dual-screen operation off Old U.S. 24 up for sale last year, but didn’t hear much interest.

They then sought to auction the nearly 17-acre property, divided into three tracts, in early April. A drive-in operator from New Hampshire expressed an interest. But Detzler believes that person may be “out of the picture” now due to possible financing issues. The bidder appar-ently came in under the asking price.

“We originally started out early last summer, last June, at $246,000. We reduced it to $209,000. Then we had a reserve, which was less than $209,000,” he said of the asking price. The Realtor sought to sweeten the deal by reducing his fee and adding the drive-in’s concession inventory,

which the couple valued at more than a few thousand dollars.

The experience was disappointing.

“We just thought with all the publicity we would have more interest,” Detzler said. “If nothing else, more curi-

osity-seekers to see if it’s going to get sold for devel-opment.”

The Huntington Twin opened for the season a week later. Detzler was encouraged to do so by colleagues as a way to show potential buyers business is strong.

However, he and his wife will take the season week to week for now as they continue their plan to retire to an out-of-state property they’ve owned for nearly 20 years.

“I promised her and myself that we weren’t going to be out here

another summer,” he said. “We’re trying to figure out what we’re going to do.”

While the Detzlers would prefer to sell, they’re also entertaining the idea of leasing the drive-in with an option to buy, or bringing on a general manager to run the business for them.

The hard part is finding someone willing to work long hours into the early morning on weekends. Like many small busi-nesses, drive-ins require owners and operators to pour nearly everything they have into it — time, energy, money — to maybe come out a little ahead.

Detzler and Bruce Babbitt, who’s managed the Auburn-Garrett Drive-In since 1989, have a plethora of tasks they undertake regularly. That includes negotiating with the studios and distributors on what films to show and the size of the percentage


John Detzler checks a speaker at the Huntington Twin Drive-In. He and his wife, Nellie, own the drive-in, but they would like to sell it so they can retire.


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Young Eagles to fly for free May 10Area young people ages

8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, May 10, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 2 holds a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Smith Field Airport.

Each pilot volunteers his or her time and aircraft so the flights can be provided free.

Those attending the flight rally on May 10 are asked to come to the large hangar behind the former terminal building at 426 W. Ludwig Road, starting at 9 a.m., to register for their flight. A parent or guardian must be present to sign the registration form. Registration closes about 11 a.m. Flights will begin at 9 a.m., weath-er-permitting.

The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest young people in aviation. Since the program was launched in 1992, volunteer EAA pilots have flown more than 1,800,000 young people who reside in more than 90 countries.

Pilots hope to give a new generation a chance to learn more about the possibilities of aviation. Pilots will explain more about their airplanes, allowing young people to discover how airplanes

work and how pilots ensure safety as the prime concern before every flight.

After the flight, young people will receive certificates making them official Young Eagles; a log book to record their flight and future flights; free access to Sporty’s Complete Flight Training Course; free EAA student membership until age 19; free Academy of Model Aeronautics student membership; and many other benefits.

Their names will then be entered into the “World’s Largest Logbook,” which is on permanent display at the EAA Air Adven-ture Museum in Oshkosh, Wis., and accessible on the web at youngeagles.org .

More information about EAA and the EAA Young Eagles program is avail-able online. Visit EAA’s home page at eaa.org.The Young Eagles web page is youngeagles.org .The EAA Chapter 2 web page is eaa2.org.

Pilots donate their time so Young Eagles flights can be offered without charge. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at Smith Field Airport.

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Saturday, May 3, is ladies’ day in Roanoke with the “Style & Charm” theme shopping day. In anticipation of Mothers Day, shops are catering

to the ladies with jewelry and other accessories.

“It’s just supposed to be a fun day,” said Kathy Watson, the chair and owner of Katharos Gallery in Roanoke. “The inspiration for the event was the Renaissance Art

Show in the fall. There were just so many entries for the jewelry division and not enough space for all the pretty items being submitted. So we turned our Spring Fling shopping day into a day for fashion and accessories.”

Hosted by the Cottage Event Center in Roanoke between Locust Street and U.S. 24, there will be booths and tables featuring different artists and their crafts. In addi-tion to jewelry, there are silk hand-marbled scarves, unique crocheted items, handbags, and more. There will be beverages

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Operators also must manage a small staff of part-timers to work the ticket booths and conces-sion stands. They referee occasional complaints from customers, pick up trash and do constant upkeep of the property.

“You have to keep bushes trimmed and grass cut, and bring in gravel all the time. (There’s) always something to paint,” Babbitt said.

Weather is a constant threat. Storms can drive off customers. The elements cause wear and tear. Thousands of dollars have been spent at both drive-ins for on mainte-nance on their huge metal screens. And sometimes, disaster occurs.

The Detzlers had to spend thousands more when their main screen was mangled by a storm in 2005, the second tornado to hit the 64-year-old busi-ness since 1964.

The couple’s debt piled up because of that and other work to restore the drive-in, which they said had fallen into disrepair before they purchased it in 2001. Detzler held a side job for years to supple-ment the couple’s income.

Among the improve-

ments, they renovated the concession stand and installed a gas grill, fryers and other amenities. They repainted playground equipment and fences. And they opened a second screen, mounted on a lean-to pole barn, in 2012, joining a trend among other drive-ins in Indiana and nationwide. Multiple screens mean more movies can be shown, which can attract more customers.

And, according to Babbitt, since studios are demanding that their movies be shown for a longer period of time, drive-ins can use a second screen to do that while also showing the latest blockbuster. But don’t expect a second screen at Auburn-Garrett. He’s not considering adding on.

Right now, the focus is on a much larger issue for the drive-in: converting to digital projection.

Hollywood studios

largely have switched to distribution through digital copies. Theaters nation-wide, from large, corporate multiplexes to small, inde-pendently run operations, must purchase digital equipment or face going dark. Many already have, but some still haven’t.

The process can cost between $60,000 and $100,000.

Babbitt, who also owns the Silver Screen theater in Garrett and the Strand in Kendallville, was recently part of a deal in which funds were raised to convert the Strand.

He said he’s working on acquiring the digital equip-ment and fi nancing it for the Auburn-Garrett.

The installation will replace the old set-up, including big trays with giant fi lm reels, with new high-tech gear that takes up far less space.

“You have your projector, you have your

server, your processor,” he said.

Films can be down-loaded, streamed or played off hard drives. The system is also program-mable and could be operated remotely.

Wabash’s Honeywell Foundation has installed a digital projector at the 13-24 Drive-In and purchased one for the city’s Eagles Theatre. The foundation operates both venues.

The Huntington Twin has not gone digital yet. Detzler has held off on making the switch, saying he would prefer to let new owners handle the project. He stressed money is not an issue, that he could afford to have a digital projector system installed. But the conversion is one of several hassles he no longer wants to tackle.

“If I was 10 years younger, we’d have digital in here,” he said.

He’s just ready to retire and pass the torch to younger entrepreneurs who may be more willing to implement innovations that could draw in more revenue.

He said other drive-ins use ideas like: establishing VIP parking areas and charging extra for them; switching from a cash-only policy to accepting credit and debit cards; charging customers a fee to bring in outside food, then giving them a coupon to discount the fee from concessions

if they spend a certain amount at the concessions stand.

Innovation was among the factors that saved drive-ins from near-extinc-tion in the 1980s and ’90s amid the rise of home-the-ater technology, from VHS to on-demand content, and amid urban growth that made drive-in properties valuable to developers.

According to online database Drive-ins.com, there are presently fewer than 400 drive-in theaters nationwide. About 20 are in Indiana.

For those that survived, there was less competition for customers. Babbitt also believes the ability to broadcast a fi lm’s audio through an FM signal to car stereos instead of through those heavy pole-

mounted boxes helped turn fortunes around.

“The broadcast part of it, I think, really saved us. Now the sound is as good as whatever stereo system you have in your car,” he said.

The ability to see two new or current movies at a drive-in for less than the cost of one at an indoor theater, and the unique quality of enjoying those movies outdoors are also big selling points. 13-24 Drive-In owner Parker Beauchamp and the Honeywell Foundation rely on that nostalgia to keep the theater thriving.

“From our perspective, it’s a pretty cool feature to have a drive-in in your community,” said foun-dation Executive Director Tod Minnich.

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Crikey! Zoo renovates Australian Adventure

The landscape of the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo will change once again with an Outback-sized update to the Australian Adventure.

The project, which zoo Executive Director Jim Anderson called a reimagining, is the result of a more than $7-million capital campaign.

“Why would we mess with it? Because time fl ies, standards change,” he said.

When the zoo’s 2014 season kicks off April 26, families will see big changes to the 27-year-old exhibit. They include a new entrance, a new logo, upgraded buildings in the village plaza and new attractions for both the plaza and the exhibit area.

It’s a work in progress,

with three phases.Phase 1 came with

several dramatic and immediately visible alter-ations. The entrance has been moved, meaning visitors will no longer have to climb and descend a steep hill to get in and out of the Australian

Adventure.Instead, they’ll cross

at the train tracks where the old train ride and Kuhneville Station are located. Crews have constructed a plaza there. They’ve given the station a fresh coat of paint and an updated look, and

mechanical crossing arms will be installed. The arms will be lowered every time the train passes by.

The interior of the Australian Adventure is getting a whole new look, with a more urban feel. The concession building has been expanded and remodeled as a two-story house with a painted brick facade and a teal building attached to it. Anderson said dining areas will be set up around it, with windows on one side for food and a window on the other side to sell ice cream.

A restroom building, also with a brick facade, has been built between the concession area and the Great Barrier Reef building. Zoo spokes-woman Cheryl Piropato said the area has been redesigned to look more

like a contemporary Australian oceanside or resort village.

Anderson said the plan was to take care of the entrance and public amenities fi rst before the zoo plunges into phases 2 and 3 sometime in the near future.

“We’d love to pull off our Phase 2 for this time next year, but it depends on funding,” he said.

Those fi nal phases are set to include some of the most elaborate changes to the Australian Adventure.

Plans call for updating the Great Barrier Reef aquarium’s facade and transforming the exhibit’s nocturnal house, where the bats and echidnas stay, into an exhibit called Stingray Bay. Just like it sounds, visitors would be able to get up close to watch stingrays swim.

Until that part of

the project begins, the building, which originally opened with the rest of the exhibit in 1987, may retain its older look and stand kind of mismatched with the already-reno-vated facilities.

The Outback area would become much more interactive with new additions. They include; a reptile barn, emus and, probably most exciting for families, a splash and play area called Crocodile Creek.

Anderson also indicated the Kangaroo Trail would be updated, as would the log ride in Phase 3.

This $7-million reno-vation project is the second most expensive in the zoo’s nearly 50-year history, behind the $9.6-million project that revamped the old African Veldt into the African Journey in 2009.

Crews work on the fi rst phase of upgrades to the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo’s Australian Adventure.

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Scotty’s Brewhouse will take over Buckets space

A pub on Fort Wayne’s southwest has pulled out, and a growing Indiana restaurant chain is moving into its place.

Buckets Sports Pub and Grub on West Jefferson Boulevard closed April 12 and will be replaced by Scotty’s Brewhouse as part of a deal reached by owners of the two businesses.

Scott Wise, owner of Scotty’s Brewhouse, said his company will take over the 6,500-square-foot location in Covington Plaza and overhaul it to refl ect the chain’s signature look. Plans call for “a clean, modern industrial feel to it,” he said.

The design will include brick work, repurposed wood and high ceilings, while incorporating Fort Wayne elements such as items harking back to the old Zollner Pistons basketball team.

Four garage doors will also be installed, allowing the building to open up to outdoor patio space.

Renovation and construction work could start this summer and take a couple months to complete. Wise hopes to open the new brewhouse in mid- to late September. Without revealing any fi gures, he said moving into an established bar location will result in substantial cost savings for him since the basic elements for such a business are already there.

Wise had tried over the past few years to open a Scotty’s Brewhouse in Fort Wayne. The fi rst effort would have located one in the Harrison building downtown, but that plan fell apart.

Then last year, Wise looked at opening in the former Rich-ard’s Restaurant building at Jefferson Boulevard and Getz

Road. However, that also fell through as Wise chose to open a Scotty’s Brewhouse in Mishawaka. He said his available funding limited him to what projects could be developed, and the Mishawaka deal turned out to be the better deal at the time.

But Wise knew he wanted to have a restaurant in Fort Wayne and said he likes the West Jefferson corridor running through the city’s southwest side. He continued to look at locations there until talks led him to the owners of Buckets, and the two sides were able to negotiate the agreement to take over the site.

Wise said while he applauds the efforts to revitalize down-town, this plan works better for him.

“In my opinion it wasn’t the right fi t,” he said of the proposed Harrison building location.

He feels the southwest side provides the optimal customer base and demographic for his company due to the area’s mix of businesses and neighborhoods. He said Scotty’s Brew-

house, which presently has eight locations in Indiana, attracts a fairly diverse crowd. They range from college-age customers familiar with the chain’s origins in college settings near Ball State University, Indiana University and Purdue University, to older workers and families who enjoy the food and atmo-sphere.

Wise said Scotty’s Brewhouse features 30 draft beers, the vast majority of which are craft brews. The selection focuses on brands produced by Indiana breweries as well as Wise’s Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co., based in Indianapolis.

The menu is essentially standard pub fare, focused mostly on burgers, wings, appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches and wraps.

Wise plans to employ 100 to 125 workers at the new Scot-ty’s Brewhouse. About 40 of the staffers would be full time, another 70 would be part-time. Buckets employees, he said, can reapply for positions at the new location.

An artist’s rendering shows what the new Scotty’s Brewhouse will look like once it opens later this year.

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BW, Keyfl ow partner to honor excellence in digital marketingGreater Fort Wayne

Business Weekly and Keyfl ow Creative announced the 2014 Digital Marketing Awards, which celebrate excellence in digital marketing for small, medium and large companies and nonprofi t organizations in northeast Indiana.

Entrants may submit their best work on their website and in social

media to see how they stack up against other companies and organiza-tions.

Gold, silver and honor-able mention awards will be presented in each cate-gory, and all entries will be considered in deter-mining the 2014 Digital Marketer of the Year, awarded to the most note-worthy digital marketing entry.

Entries must be submitted online at FWBusiness.com by May 30. Finalists will be notifi ed on June 9, and winners will be announced at the 2014 Digital Marketing Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. on June 25 at the Landmark Conference & Reception Centre in Fort Wayne.

An expert panel of judges will review each

entry based on overall excellence, creativity, effectiveness, marketing execution, technology applications and innova-tion.

“We are truly excited to shine a spotlight on the creative work being done online right here in northeast Indiana,” said Terry Ward, COO of KPC Media Group Inc., which is the publisher of Greater

Fort Wayne Business Weekly and the parent company of Keyfl ow Creative.

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Fort Wayne leaders are close to fi nalizing the takeover of Aqua Indi-ana’s water service in southwest Allen County.

The deal recently was OK’d by the board of Aqua’s parent company, Aqua America. Now it awaits Fort Wayne City Council approval.

The deal would let City Utilities buy out the private utility’s water operations in Aboite and Lafayette townships, and at the same time partner with the business for sewer services.

“Folks want it, we can provide it, we can do it cheaper, we can do it better,” said City Utilities Director Kumar Menon. “It just makes sense.”

He sees the deal as playing to both entities’ strengths, saying City Utilities is superior in supplying water, while Aqua Indiana excels in sewage treatment services.

The City Council is now considering the sale after two proposed ordinances were introduced during its April 22 meeting. One of the ordinances would approve the deal. The other would approve bonds to move forward with the purchase.

Council members are expected to discuss the ordinances and take public comments during their next meeting, May 6, with a possible vote the week after that.

Menon is confi dent the ordinances will pass.

“From the council’s perspective, I think we

have shown them that we are capable and willing to provide these services out

in the southwest area,” he said.

The proposed bonds

total $63 million. They provide funds to cover the $50.1-million cost to

purchase Aqua Indiana’s southwest territory, and to legally settle a dispute between the two sides over the value of the company’s former terri-tory in northwest Allen County, which the city acquired in 2008 for $16.9 million and has since paid off.

The rest of the money, about $13 million, will be divided to fund fi nancing and integration costs, meaning the work needed to switch Aqua Indiana’s water service to the City Utilities service for Aqua’s 12,500 southwest customers.

About $5 million will be for fi nancing. The other $8 million will go toward work to hook the city’s water system to Aqua


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“The infrastructure, being able to connect up our pipes to their pipes and to make sure that the water is suffi cient, the pressure is suffi cient, is a signifi cant investment included in the bonds,” said City Utilities Deputy Director Len Poehler.

The transition is set to take place through three phases, but they can’t begin until after the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission examines the deal and approves it. That process could take four to six months.

Once approval is granted, which Menon believes should happen, City Utilities will fl oat the bonds, pay Aqua Indiana and get to work on the

integration’s fi rst phase, which probably won’t start until October or November.

Menon said that will involve fl ushing pipes and closing off parts of Aqua Indiana’s system around the two utilities’ current connection points, and take about a week to complete.

The second and third phases would take longer as crews work to install a new connection in the southernmost area, plus drain Aqua Indiana’s water towers and refi ll them, put in new pumps and upgrade the system. City Utilities will also operate Aqua Indiana’s wells until the transition to city water service is complete. Menon’s goal is to fi nish the third phase by the end of next summer.

On the other side of the deal, Fort Wayne would become an Aqua Indiana customer for wholesale sewer services. Through the new 10-year agree-

ment, the city would send thousands of gallons of sewage to the company for treatment.

According to a letter of intent the two sides signed last year, Aqua Indiana would also freeze sewer rates through 2015, invest in improving its sewer infrastructure and join Greater Fort Wayne Inc.

While the transition would take some time, all of Aqua Indiana’s southwest Allen County customers would immedi-ately shift to City Utilities bills.

“From Day 1, every-body in the Aqua area will see a lower bill. Every-body, even if they get our water or not,” Menon said.

He estimated customers would save between $100 to $140 a year on their water bills (about $10 to $12 per month). Informa-tion from the city points out those savings apply to most residents who live in the city limits. Those

outside the city would face a small surcharge.

A big reason for the rate decrease, according to Menon, is Aqua Indiana customers will switch from the company’s fi xed minimum fee charging them automatically for using 4,000 gallons of water a month, to the city’s variable bills, which charge based on the amount of water used each month.

He predicted customers will see other savings from switching from Aqua Indiana’s hard water to the city’s soft water. He said they would no longer have to use water softeners if they choose, and that the use of soft water prolongs the life of appliances like washing machines and water heaters.

“We have a lot more customers paying into our system, so we don’t have to worry about having to have those minimum guarantees. We just make

up in volume,” Menon said, meaning City Utili-ties is able to spread out costs among its much larger customer base of nearly 90,000.

He said adding new customers won’t cause rates to go up, while at the same time, having thou-sands of new customers won’t prevent water rates from going up in the future. The city is still in the middle of expensive upgrades to its aging water infrastructure, and that has caused rates to rise.

Menon said the approx-imately 9,000 water customers in Aqua Indi-ana’s former northern area have each saved about $2,000 since shifting to city water in 2008.

That acquisition was contentious. The city had condemned the utility’s operations in northwest Allen County, then purchased it for less than $17 million.

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disputed the price and challenged it in court.

The situation intensifi ed in the summer of 2012 when a drought resulted in water shortages and water-pressure issues in Aqua Indiana’s southwest region. The city stepped in and sold water to the company, prompting offi -cials to warn the company they would acquire the territory through another condemnation to address ongoing service issues.

A breakthrough came last year when the city and Aqua Indiana signed a letter of intent that outlined the details of the current deal, avoiding a second condemnation process and settling the legal matter over the 2008 acquisition.

Menon views this deal as a positive step forward for the two organizations and for customers.

He said: “This is a good public-private partnership program. We leverage each other’s strengths.”

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Downtown Fort Wayne will head in a new direc-tion this year in the form of traffi c changes designed to have a signifi cant impact on the area.

Fairfi eld Avenue and Ewing Street will tran-sition from one-way to two-way streets, while at their confl uence will sit the most stunning of the changes: the planned roundabout intersection where Fairfi eld, Ewing, Wells and Superior streets converge.

The roundabout will be the fi rst of its kind down-town.

“This is going to be a project that’s going to have a huge impact for downtown, and change the way, particularly this area, (it) is going to look,” said City Engineer Shan Gunawardena.

Work is expected to begin this summer, fi rst to build the roundabout, then to convert Fairfi eld and Ewing as part of a $4-million project. The goal is to bring traffi c more in line with the vision to remake down-town into a destination hub.

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But times have changed. Lutheran moved and GE is pulling out of the city. The plant, which once employed thousands, has been nearly vacant for years, rendering the traffi c patterns that served it outdated.

“The thought process back in the ’50s for Fair-fi eld and Ewing was to move people through downtown. Now it’s to get them to experience down-town,” Suarez said.

The city wants to capi-talize on the boom in developments and attrac-tions that have helped bring more people to live, work and enjoy downtown over the past several years.

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Ewing Street will be converted to two way traffi c as part of a $4-million project.

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The idea is to create an atmosphere based less on rushing from place to place, and more on browsing through what downtown has to offer by becoming more pedestri-an-friendly.

Gunawardena, a traffi c engineer, said Fairfi eld and Ewing as one-way streets limit visibility to businesses.

“Commercial retail businesses, particularly if it’s a restaurant or some sort of shop, they depend on pass-by traffi c. If you’re not passing by, you’re not seeing it,” he said.

When the roads are converted to two-way, plans call for Fairfi eld to remain more of a thor-oughfare and handle most of the traffi c. Improve-ments will stretch from Superior Street to the viaduct just south of Baker Street. The island that forces northbound and southbound traffi c on to Baker from Fairfi eld will be taken out.

Baker will become a two-way street with a stop sign at Fairfi eld. Gunawar-dena said the plans won’t affect the police memorial at the intersection.

The city also plans to reduce the gulf of pave-ment at Fairfi eld and Brackenridge, which will allow for an expansion of the tiny West Central Playlot there.

Ewing, meanwhile,

is expected to be the entryway to commer-cial enterprises around Parkview Field. It will be two-way from Baker to Superior with a turn-lane in the middle, bike lanes on the sides and improved sidewalks with park strips between the walk and the curb.

Gunawardena said on-street parking on Ewing will be sacrifi ced to satisfy the volume of requests the city received for more bike lanes and safer sidewalks. To that end, the far right lane of Jefferson Boulevard will be taken out from Broadway to Fairfi eld to accommodate wider side-walks.

A stretch of Main Street will be reduced from four lanes to three, with the middle lane used for left turns onto Fairfi eld and Ewing after they become two-way streets. Bike lanes also will be created on Main between Jackson Street in the West Central neighborhood to Maiden Lane near the Aunt Millie’s bakery.

The project, though, all starts with the roundabout.

Gunawardena said most of the design is complete, and the hope is to open construction bids by the end of the month. The project could then begin in June.

And why a roundabout at Superior, Wells, Ewing and Fairfi eld? Because “a

fi ve-legged intersection plan being controlled with a traffi c signal is not the most effi cient way to control it,” Gunawardena said.

He pointed to a feasi-bility study from a couple years ago that showed traffi c would fl ow more smoothly in a roundabout than with stop lights. It would create a continuous fl ow in which vehicles don’t have to stop and idle, but they do have to slow down.

He said that leads to safer traveling situations. Plus, fewer idling vehicles means less exhaust emis-sions are released. And the lack of stop lights means the city saves on what it would cost to power and maintain them.

The roundabout is expected to be large enough to accommodate semi traffi c. Right-turn lanes will branch off to each street, so motorists won’t have to enter the roundabout if they’re just making a right turn.

Pedestrian crosswalks will run along the outer rim, and Gunawardena said one of the lanes on the Wells Street bridge will be taken out to make way for a wider sidewalk there.

Work on the project is expected to be mostly completed by November. The city’s Legacy Fort Wayne fund will help fi nance part of the project.

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Science Central and radio station La Unica 102.3 FM will join forces for International Kids Day, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 3. The day will feature hands-on exhibits, displays, and special activities for children and families. In a news release, Science Central said children in Hispanic countries are honored on “El Día Del Niño,” which traditionally is cele-brated on April 30.

Free tickets can be picked up in advance at spon-sors, or standard admission can be paid at Science Central, 1950 N. Clinton St. For more information, call 424-2400 or visit sciencecentral.org.

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A day for kidsKing is the director and Barbara Krick is the accompanist. Summit City Singers is open to anyone high school age and older who has the desire to sing, can attend rehearsals and concerts and match pitch. An audition is not required. Summit City Singers rehearse September through early November, with concerts being held mid-November and early Decem-ber. Rehearsals then resume in February and continue through early May with spring concerts following. The group performs all types of choral music, and this season’s selections will include “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” “Mississippi Mud,” “Chicago,” “My Old Kentucky Home” and “God Bless the U.S.A.” Dates and locations are: Tuesday, May 13, 7 p.m., Georgetown Place, 1717 Maplecrest Road; Tuesday, May 20, 7 p.m., Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1819 Reservation Drive; Tuesday, May 27, 7 p.m., Towne House Retirement Center, 2209 St. Joe Center Road; Sunday, June 1, 7 p.m., Crossview Church, 12532 Grabill Road, Grabill; Tuesday, June 3, 7 p.m., Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2417 Getz Road; and Friday, June 13, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Gardens, corner of Schwartz and Cedarville roads, Leo. For more infor-mation on joining or about concerts, contact Judy King at 489-4505 or [email protected].“Misalliance.” First Presbyterian Theater, 300 W. Wayne St. Remaining dates are: May 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m., and May 18 at 2 p.m. Regular box offi ce hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, noon- 5 p.m. Call 426-7421, Ext. 121, or 422-6329. Or order tickets online at fi rstpresbyteriantheater.com. Tickets are $20 in advance or $24 at the door. Patrons 65 and older pay $18 in advance or $22 at the door. For information on student ticket rate, visit fi rstpres-fw.org. George Bernard Shaw’s pithy social comedy fi nds a bored heiress trapped in an unhappy engagement. To her delight a plane crashes into her country estate, bringing a handsome man, a female daredevil and new ideas that shake up a quiet weekend.Safe Sitter Classes. Lutheran Children’s Hospital, 7950 W. Jefferson Blvd. Safe Sitter is a medically based instructional program that teaches girls and boys how to handle emergencies when caring for young children. Classes include two days of instruction that incorporate lifesaving tech-niques, how and when to talk with a 9-1-1 dispatcher, injury prevention, behavior management, managing a toddler or preschool guest, tips on child care and how to screen baby-sitting jobs. The classes are taught by Lutheran Children’s Hospital staff and prepare babysitters to confi dently handle crises. Registrations are accepted on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis, and class size is limited. The cost for the two-day class is $50. Students must be at least 11 years old to participate. Call Child Life Specialist Tammy Else with Lutheran Children’s Hospital at 435-7344 to register. More details are available at lutheranchildrenshosp.com. Classes take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the following dates: June 24 and 25; July 14 and 15; Aug. 7 and 8; and, Dec. 29 and 30.“Garden Basics” seminars. Free to the public; no RSVP required. Purdue Horticulture Extension Educator Ricky Kemery will present seminars at area library branches and the Allen County Extension Offi ce this spring. Kemery shares his knowledge of gardening through newspapers and by radio. After the seminars, Kemery will answer general gardening questions from attendees, and diagnose samples of plants with disease or insect problems. For details, email [email protected]. Remaining dates are: “Selecting, Planting and Caring for Trees, the Right Way,” 10-11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, Allen County Extension Offi ce, 4001 Cres-cent Ave.; “Growing Unusual Veggies,” 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, Shawnee Branch Library, 5600 Noll Ave.Register for Diva Dash 5K Run/Walk. The May 31 event at Georgetown Square raises funds and awareness for Girls on the Run of Allen County. Women and girls of any age eligible for the 5K. Registration is $25 through April 30, and $30 May 1 through race day. Register online at runrace.net, or at Three Rivers Running Co. or any Fort Wayne area

Health Kick, including the store near Kroger in Georgetown Square. Race-day registration is in front of Georgetown Bowl, form 6:30-7:30 a.m. The race starts at 8 a.m. Each person who registers in advance will receive a T-shirt; sizes are not guaranteed for race-day registration. Pick up packets from 3-7 p.m. Friday, May 30, at Three Rivers Running Co., 4039 N. Clinton St.

SATURDAY, MAY 3Big Dig Garage Sale. Canterbury Middle School, 5601 Covington Road. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Enter off South Bend Drive. Proceeds benefi t Canterbury School.“Wizard of Oz.” Bishop Luers High School gymnasium, 333 E. Paulding Road. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. $10. The Bishop Luers Drama Department presents the musical based on the 1939 fi lm “The Wizard of Oz,” with a book adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams. The musical uses the Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg songs from the fi lm and in-cludes some new songs and additional music by Webber and additional lyrics by Tim Rice. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Sue Mathias at 456-1261, ext. 3114.Fort Wayne Farmers’ Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. Annual plant sale. Historic Swinney Homestead, 1424 W. Jefferson Blvd. 8 a.m.-noon. Free. Settlers Inc. will open the Homestead to the public, with early Americana music, hand-arts display, spinning demonstrations, refreshments, bake sale and the Gift Shoppe. The plant sale will be in the basement with perennial “diggings” on the back lawn. For details, call 637-8622 or visit settlersinc.org. Proceeds support the Homestead.Rummage and bake sale. Most Precious Blood Church, 1515 Barthold St. In Mohr Hall. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sponsored by Rosary Society.Barbecue Chicken Healthcare Fundraiser. 10600 Hosler Road, Leo. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $6 per chicken half. Help Christian Community Health Care pro-vide free or low-cost health services to neighbors in need. High’s BBQ Chicken will be for sale, hot off the grill, delivered to your car at the intersection of Indiana 1 and Grabill Road in downtown Leo.Focus on Health free health screening. Carew Medical Park, 1818 Carew St. 8 a.m.-noon. The health fair offers free checks of: blood pressure, body mass index, visual acuity and bone density. Patients will receive summaries and referrals. Visitors need not register in advance, but will be taken on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. There are no residency requirements for the health fairs. For a fee, sites also will offer blood screenings, a hemogram blood, a prostatic specifi c antigen for men, a thyroid stimulating hormone test; and glucose average and vitamin D test. The program also is offered from 7:30-11 a.m. today at Presence Sacred Heart Home, 515 N. Main St., Avilla.

SUNDAY, MAY 4May Music Festival. Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. The public is invited to worship services featuring spe-cial anthems shared by chancel, youth, junior and children’s choirs, the Trinity Ringers, and instrumentalists from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and featuring the premier of the Trinity English Steel Drum Ensembles.Fort Wayne Children’s Choir Spring Concert. Rhinehart Music Center on the IPFW Campus. 4 p.m. This concert is the pinnacle of the Children’s Choir season. All eight of the performing ensembles will be featured. The ensembles will perform pieces by Rossini, Toch, Somers and Mathias. The program will include a special tribute to the Star-Spangled Banner, which turns 200 years old this year. The concert has a common theme of the rhythm of our souls. The FWCC will use multimedia to highlight successes from the past 41 years of music education in the greater Fort Wayne community. Alumni and alumni families of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir are invited to attend the concert. Tickets are

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available by calling the Larson Box Offi ce at IPFW at 481-6555, or vis-iting ipfw.edu/tickets. Ticket prices range from $8 to $30. Tickets also will be available at the door.The Bach Collegium-Fort Wayne Season Grand Finale. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 518 E. DeWald St., Fort Wayne. 7 p.m. Featuring Bach Colle-gium singers and early instruments, including baroque natural trumpets and cornetto, and the music of J.S. Bach. Adult tickets are $20, student tickets $5. To buy tickets or for more information about The Bach Colle-gium, visit bachcollegium.org. Daniel G. Reuning is the artist director of the Bach Collegium. Reuning received his doctoral of music arts degree from the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana. He is the kantor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne.The Veterans’ Memorial Motorcycle Ride. Ehlerding’s River City Harley-Da-vidson, 5525 Indiana 930, New Haven. Registration begins at 11 a.m. A $10 donation will benefi t the Schnelker Veterans’ Memorial Park. May 18 is the rain date for this fi fth annual event. The American Legion Auxiliary will be at the Harley-Davidson dealership during the registra-tion period. Once a year, the Auxiliary seeks donations in exchange for poppies, the memorial fl ower of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary. The poppy, a replica of the poppies that bloomed on the battlefi elds of France, is handmade by disabled Veterans. For more information, or to register, contact the New Haven Park Department at 749-2212 or register online at newhavenparksandrec.org.

MONDAY, MAY 5“Roadfood” authors. Congregation Achduth Vesholom, 5200 Old Mill Road. 7:30 p.m. Free, and open to the public. The Jewish Federation of Greater Fort Wayne presents the annual People of the Book lecture, fea-turing Michael and Jane Stern, American authors specializing in books about food, travel and pop culture since 1970. They are best known for their “Roadfood” books and Roadfood.com interactive website, both of which feature several local restaurants. Collaborators on more than 40 books, including the New York Times bestselling “Elvis World” and “Encyclopedia of Bad Taste,” they have been staff writers at Gourmet magazine for 18 years. The event is presented with the support of the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation and the Louis and Anne B. Schneider Foundation. A dessert reception and book-signing will be held after the lecture. A free-will offering will benefi t the Associated Churches and Wellspring Interfaith Social Services food banks.

TUESDAY, MAY 6Fort Wayne Community Band. John & Ruth Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW Campus, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for senior, $2 for children 3-12, and free to IPFW students with student ID. Free parking is available in the garage across from the music center. Conductor Scott Humphries and assistant conductor David Blackwell have chosen a variety of music with highlights from “The Wizard of Oz,” “Fandango,” Twentiana,” “Ride of the Valkyries,” “Variations on America,” “Emperata Overture,” “The Billboard March” and more.

FRIDAY, MAY 9“A Community Without Suicide: Facing the ‘Elephant’ in the Room.” Community Foundation, 555 E. Wayne St. 8:30-11 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast at 8 a.m. No cost to attend. The public is invited. Last year there were 42 suicide deaths in Allen county. Mental Health America in Allen County sponsors this action-focused workshop on suicide pre-vention, intervention and postvention. This workshop is suggested to community leaders, law enforcement personnel, health care and mental health personnel, case managers, social services workers, educators, human resources leaders, emergency response workers, faith communi-ties and others. Continuing education credits are available. Register at

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SATURDAY, MAY 10Show choirs clinic. Homestead High School, 4310 Homestead Road. 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. The award-winning Homestead Show Choir concludes its season with the annual Show Choir Clinic to introduce the excitement of song and dance to area students. Southwest Allen County Schools students, private school students, and homeschool students in grades three to eight are welcome to attend. Clinic participants will learn age-appropriate music and choreography. Eighth-grade students may participate in a Q&A session with Director Curtis Shaw to learn more about Homestead Show Choir and auditions for the 2014-2015 season. To register for the clinic, contact Michelle Ritchie, 437-6507. Home-stead Show Choir comprises three ensembles: Elite, the women’s choir; Class Royale, the mixed choir; and Anonymous Blue, the choirs’ back-up band. The students traveled to New York City in March to compete in the FAME Show Choir regional competition. Elite won grand champion in the women’s division. All three ensembles advanced to the FAME Show Choir National Championship Series at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago, April 25-26. For more information about Homestead Show Choir, contact Curtis Shaw, [email protected].“Run with the Knights” 5K run/walk. Foster Park, 3900 Old Mill Road. Registration 8 a.m., race begins 9 a.m. Bishop Luers High School is the host for the event. Advance registration $15, race-day registration $20. Pick up packets 4-6 p.m. Friday, May 9, in the front lobby of the school, or 8-9 a.m. race day at Foster Park. For more information, contact Sarah Shank at Bishop Luers High School, 456-1261, ext. 3039, or [email protected], or visit the BLHS website, bishopluers.org.

Closing Night: “Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.” Embassy Theater, 125 W. Jeffer-son Blvd. 6 p.m. Tickets start at $17. This Ludwig van Beethoven work evolves from a serene opening phrase to the “Ode to Joy” conclusion. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic will perform this Masterworks series program under the direction of Andrew Constantine. Tickets can be purchased by calling 481-0777, online at fwphil.org, or at the Embassy box offi ce. For more information about the program, the artists and the series, visit fwphil.org.Game night. Bethany Lutheran Church, 2435 Engle Road. 7 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Thanks to a grant from the Lutheran Foundation, the church has new equipment for game night, including electronic gaming systems, a ping pong table, traditional board games and a karaoke system. Snacks are provided at no charge. Adult chaper-ones are members of Bethany for more than two years, have passed a background check, and will supervise the event. For more information, visit BethanyLC.org or call 747-0713.Silent auction and carnival. Bethel United Methodist Church, 8405 Lima Road. 1-4 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 11The Buddy Nolan Tribute Concert. Embassy Theater, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 2 p.m. Tickets $8 for adults, $5 for kids. Tickets on sale through Tick-etmaster.com. The concert features Richard Hills, the organist at St. Mary’s Bourne Street, London.

THURSDAY, MAY 15AARP educational presentation. Community Foundation, 555 E. Wayne St. 2 p.m. Free; public welcome. Allen County Chapter 187, AARP, will hear Cindy Frederick, branch manager of the 1st Source Bank downtown, discuss identity theft and credit card protection. Frederick will provide tips on keeping personal fi nancial information secure.

SATURDAY, MAY 17Fort Wayne Farmers’ Market. Lincoln Financial Event Center, 1301 Ewing St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. For details, visit ftwaynesfarmersmar-ket.com.Down the Country Line. Embassy Theater, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. 7 p.m. Local country bands will cover popular country artists. Get details at fwembassytheatre.com. Tickets for this all-ages show are currently on sale at the Embassy Theatre box offi ce, all other Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices are $10 in advance and $12 the week of the show. The Embassy Theatre’s Down the Country Line 3, presented by Sweetwater and Sweetwater Studios, will spotlight fi ve local bands: John Curran and Renegade, Reckon, Cheyenne, Blue Bird Revival and the Marshall Law Band. Down the Country Line is the country-version of the Down the Line series which also includes a hard rock and classic rock version. This is a fundraiser for the Embassy The-atre. John Curran and Renegade will rock the Embassy stage with the music of Luke Bryan. Reckon will cover Jason Aldean, and Blue Bird Revival will feature their female vocalist performing the best of Miranda Lambert. Traditional country music will also be a part of the concert with the Marshall Law Band covering Waylon Jennings and Cheyenne playing the best of Brooks and Dunn. This year, the evening will con-tinue long after the concert ends with a special after-concert party at the Rusty Spur. A Down the Country Line 3 ticket stub will gain you free admittance and several of the bands will be in attendance at the Rusty Spur, 10350 Leo Road. A day for endurance athletes. Pokagon State Park, 450 Lake 100 Lake James, Angola. Registration from 7-8 a.m., activities begin at 9 a.m. The eighth annual Triathlon/Duathlon is sponsored by Trifort Triathletes in conjunction with Americamultisport.com. The day also includes a 5K

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Cruisin’ season has returned. The Liberty Cruisers hold their cruise-ins from 5-7:30 p.m. the second Sunday of each month, April through October, at Liberty Diner, 2929 Goshen Road. A special Mother’s Day rally will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at the Liberty Diner. The club also will rally from 5-8 p.m. the fi rst Tuesday of each month, June through August, at IHOP Restaurant, 1535 W. Washington Center Road. The club will present the Lawton Park Car Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Lawton Park, 1900 N. Clinton St., with registration from 9 a.m.-noon. Proceeds benefi t Hope Alive. For details, email [email protected]. The Curbside Cruisers Car Club rallies from 6-8 p.m. the fi rst and third Wednesdays of each month, April through September, at the Athenian Restaurant, 1020 W. Coliseum Blvd. For more regional cruise schedules and updates, visit libertycruisers.com.

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Cruise-ins beginbenefi t run. For details, visit amercamultisport.com. For Pokagon lodg-ing information, visit indianainns.com.Sixth annual Outdoor Flea Market. 7605 Bluffton Road. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission. Sponsored by American Legion Post 241 Auxiliary. Food will be available for purchase. This is a fundraiser for the Homes for Wounded Warriors Program. At 2 p.m., the Auxiliary will raffl e off a Thermos propane gas grill; tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Booth spaces are available for $10 each; pay $5 extra for the use of a table, or bring your own table.Celebrate Sound: Don’t Walk in Silence. Foster Park, 3900 Old Mill Road. 10 a.m. The Fort Wayne Breakfast Sertoma Club presents this 5k walk/10k run. Registration is $20 and includes a T-shirt and the chance to win raffl e prizes. Register at mycelebratesound.org. Registered participants can pick up their shirts and numbers at FWCS Anthis Career Center from 5-8 p.m. May 14 or 15. Participants can check in at 9 a.m. before the walk offi cially begins at 10 a.m. Those who wish to join the cele-bration as a walker, sponsor or volunteer may call 492-0253. Money raised at this event will be used to fund both local and national hearing health projects. The Sertoma Club presents the event in partnership with Carter Hearing Clinics, ENT Associates & The Hearing Center, and Fort Wayne Community Schools.

TUESDAY, MAY 20Trillium Garden Club annual plant sale. The parking lot of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, at the corner of Aboite Center and Homestead roads. 8 a.m. All home-grown plants.

SATURDAY, MAY 24Victory Ride II. Lucky Harley-Davidson of Fort Wayne sponsors this event, which begins at the National Military History Center, 5634 County Road 11A, Auburn. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and kickstands go up at noon. The ride ends at Lucky Harley-Davidson, 6315 Illinois Road. Registration is $15 a person and includes a Victory Ride II T-shirt. More than 400 motorcycles followed the route in the inaugural year, and spon-sors expect a bigger turnout this year. For details, visit luckyh-d.com. Proceeds benefi t Honor Flight Northeast Indiana.

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